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So, what are you reading? (Another book thread in the Fun Thread here)
I'm starting Lisa Herzog's Citizen Knowledge. It isn't out yet, but there's a PDF online, and will be open access when it comes out on September 1st. It looks like a mainstream yet academic take on the misinformation debate. I've recently been taken by a desire to learn how these people who say they know so much think (I mean this with only some sarcasm- these people do know a lot which I don't).
Paper I'm reading: Bannister's "The Survival of the Fittest is our Doctrine": History or Histrionics?
I think I've misinterpreted Kendi on "whiteness." It seems fair to give him the last word:
He also says there's nothing wrong with white culture, only the "cultures of modern imperialism and racial capitalism."
I tried reading the Art of Raising a Puppy but it's less of an instruction manual and more of a preachy diatribe about how stupid and bad most dog owners are. Kind of frustrating.
It's like come on, most people are probably reading this book because they already know they have messed up and are looking for guidance. You don't have to rub it in guys. It's written by monks in New York so go figure I guess.
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